{"597221":{"#nid":"597221","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Center for Advanced Communications Policy Achieves Highest Score for RERC","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP) in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy released its annual report for the period July 1, 2016 \u0026ndash; June 30, 2017.\u0026nbsp;The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExecutive Director Helena Mitchell noted that the major achievement by CACP this past year was submitting and receiving \u003Cstrong\u003E$4.625 million\u003C\/strong\u003E in funding over five years from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) for 2016 - 2021 to establish the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Wireless Inclusive Technologies. CACP received the highest score awarded to an RERC in the past 16 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECACP also reported more than 26 publishing activities, 25 major engagements and conference presentations, active participation on 27 academic and service activities, five student assistantships or advisory roles by faculty of CACP, and 50 memberships on boards and committees or national recognition. Sponsored research was funded at $2,241,431\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E CACP staff and faculty participated in more than 550 meetings with external\/internal organizations and their representatives\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor the full\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E CACP Annual Report, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cacp.ca\/annual-reports.html\u0022\u003ECACP \u003C\/a\u003Ewebsite. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP) in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy released its annual report for the period July 1, 2016 \u0026ndash; June 30, 2017.\u0026nbsp;Among the achievements highlighted\u0026nbsp;in the report, CACP received $4.625 million in funding and achieved the highest score awarded to an RERC in the past 16 years. The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Among the achievements noted in its Annual Report, CACP received the highest score awarded to an RERC in the past 16 years."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2017-10-11 16:34:19","changed_gmt":"2017-11-08 18:44:36","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"597219":{"id":"597219","type":"image","title":"Center for Advanced Communications Policy","body":null,"created":"1507738817","gmt_created":"2017-10-11 16:20:17","changed":"1539021209","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 17:53:29","alt":"Glass door of Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP) at Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"227627","name":"cacp_news.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cacp_news.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cacp_news.png","mime":"image\/png","size":61642,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cacp_news.png?itok=R97d5zvm"}}},"media_ids":["597219"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14599","name":"Center for Advanced Communications Policy"},{"id":"3632","name":"CACP"},{"id":"2645","name":"RERC"},{"id":"242","name":"disabilities"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}